Since Mr. Qi Yu explained the story of "He's Bi" to Nong Tianyi, he wanted to find out.

The historical story of Bian and Sanxianpu and the national treasure "Heshibi" took place in the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, Jingshan, the place where the country was founded. This story has been widely circulated and a household name for thousands of years.

According to the record of "Han Feizi Heshi": In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a jade worker named Bian He in the Chu State, and he picked a piece of "Puyu" from the Chu (Jing) Mountain, whose surface was like a stone, and there was a leather shell outside, and he concluded that this was a rare piece of jade, and kindly dedicated it to the King of Chu Li (that is, the monarch of the Chu State, Wei Mao). Because the jade workers at that time did not know the treasure, they were falsely accused of "bullying the king" and were executed, and their left foot was cut off.

After the death of King Li, King Wu succeeded to the throne, and Bian He dedicated "Pu" to King Wu. Because the jade person did not know the treasure, he was cut off his right foot for the crime of bullying the king.

After the death of King Wu of Chu, King Wen succeeded to the throne, and Bian He hugged "Puyu" and cried bitterly for three days and three nights.

When King Wen found out, he sent someone to ask him: "There are many people in the world who have been belittled, but why are you so sad?" ”

Bian He replied: "I am sad not that my feet were cut off, but that the king of Chu repeatedly regarded Baoyu as an ordinary stone and blamed the loyal people who offered the treasure. ”

After King Wen heard this, he ordered the jade worker to peel off the skin shell of "Pu", and the result really revealed the warm and flawless treasure jade. So the treasure jade found by Bian He was named "He's Bi" ("Shuowen Jie Zi": "Bi, Ruiyu", which means that good jade is Bi). and wanted to seal Bian He as Lingyanghou, but he refused. Since then, "He's Bi" has been passed down among the Chu kings for more than 370 years.

You can deduce the situation back then.

Because of the abundance of stone on Jing Mountain, Bian He often goes up the mountain to quarry. One day, he suddenly found a phoenix landing on the top of Jing Mountain, and the phoenix was still shining at its feet. When he climbed up, he found that the phoenix was gone, and the light was gone. The next day, he found the phoenix resting on the top of Jing Mountain again.

Bian He climbed to the top of the mountain in one go, but he couldn't figure out which stone was the place where the phoenix stayed. Then he put a branch on the stone where the phoenix might have stayed, and tied a red ribbon to mark it, and a day later he found that the phoenix had stayed on the marked stone, and so he took the stone home.

After a long time, he found that this stone was warm in winter and cool in summer, and it was indeed a gem.

For the first time, he dedicated the "Luofeng Stone" to King Chu Li, but the other party didn't know it, thinking that Bian He wanted to cheat the bounty with ordinary stones, so he cut off one of Bian He's feet in a fit of anger.

A few years later, King Chu Li died, and King Wu ascended the throne. Bian He didn't want to be laughed at by the world, so he went into the city again to offer treasure, but his other foot was cut off.

Bian He begged all the way and crawled back home. After King Chu Wen succeeded to the throne, Bian He was already old.

King Wen of Chu sent someone to find Bian He, and after understanding the situation, he asked the people around him to take a look, and the people around him said that it was just an ordinary stone.

Bian He was anxious, felt too wronged, and hit his head against the gem and wanted to die, Bian He's blood flowed onto the gem, the stone cracked, and it was really a rare treasure inside.

The spirit of Bian Hezhi lies in the fact that "he hugged Pu and cried for three days and nights, and tears were followed by blood." ”

For the future generations, there are people who are Bian He and said: "The name of the chaste of Chu is harmonious, the lightness of sacrificing one's life is jade, the one who hears about it is loyal, and the one who understands all things is the heart of the son." To commemorate Bian He's heartfelt act of offering jade.

Then it was the period of King Zhao Huiwen, because of the marriage between Chu and Zhao, he got the "Heshi Bi". At that time, all the countries wanted to get this rare treasure, so there was a story of "returning to Zhao".

After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he plundered this piece of precious jade. It is rumored that the reason why Qin Shi Huang called himself "Huang" was because "white" and "jade" formed the character "Huang".

Speaking of which, I have to mention the origin of the local "Bian He Tea".

"Bian He Tea" is produced in an independent mountain bag on the bank of the Fu River, and there is a rock sticking out on the south side of the mountain bag, standing steeply on the river, like the head of a jade turtle. Folklore has it that before every flood, the water turtles of the Fu River and the dry turtles of the Uta Hills will climb to the mountain to gather to avoid the disaster, hence the name Jade Turtle Bag. This hill is covered with a wild tea forest, perennial clouds and mist, the river bypasses the foot of the mountain, and the mountain bag is like a turtle drinking water from a distance.

Bian and tea, the spring buds are delicate, full as a bird's tongue, the leaves are slightly smaller, and they are not large-leaf species, but the taste is mellow and sweet, the connotation is plump, the fragrance is high, and the charm is profound.

The green buds and leaves sometimes sing and dance in the clay pot, as if they are standing; Sometimes gentle and quiet, like a leaf sinking into the pool, unfathomable.

Plants and trees have spirits, and the past and present life of this leaf are either the poetic boudoir woman who fell into distress, or the man who was born in a wealthy family and is full of talent wandering the rivers and lakes, after all, it is extraordinary.

Bian He tea is the same as the ancient tea mountain where it grows, outstanding and vicissitudes. Today's Bian He tea only has an annual output of less than 200 catties, which can be regarded as a little remnant!

As a result, Nonglu took Nong Tianyi and Bai Longjie to conduct in-depth excavation and further development, and there is now "Bian He Tea".

Nong Tianyi said, to put it simply, "Bian He tea" has multiple flavors of "three bitter and three sweet". This is a special kind of tea people.

A bubble is "a bitterness", which means that you don't know the material (talent) and mistook the Chu State; The second bubble is the "two bitterness", which is said to be flawless and not to be true or false; The three bubbles are the "three bitters", which refers to the loyal people who were cut off their feet.

The moral of these "three bitterness" is that people do not regret it in order to commemorate the humiliating experience of Bian He and the queen of the jade, and it is skillfully used in drinking tea. It shows the great wisdom and hard work of the folk tea people.

And what about the "three sweets"? Drinking the fourth bubble is sweet, "one sweet" is unyielding, the sun and the moon can be seen; The fifth bubble is the "two sweets", which is the essence of jade, which will shine in future generations; Drinking the sixth bubble is the "three sweets", that is, the truth is revealed, and the sweetness is in the heart.

Historical figures are sublimated in the tea ceremony, and tea is extended in the story, which is really a perfect match.

In ancient books, there are "Bian He Xianpu" and "Jade of Chu Mountain" and "Jade of Jing Mountain". In the Fuhe River Basin, there is also a legend that "Bian He dug up the jade in Jingshan".

Nanyi County, which is located in Jingshan, has produced strange stones since ancient times, such as stone swallow, Taiji stone, warm and cool stone, emerald stone, etc., and now there are Jingshan green jasper, rhyolite, alabaster, bell jade, turtle stone, ink stone, etc.

The prosperity is auspicious. The mountain of "Luofeng Stone" obtained by Bian He is in the area of Phoenix Mountain and Fengshan in the territory of Nanyi County. In the Fuhe River basin in the depths of Jingshan, Nong Tianyi and several jade lovers who are related to jade have found traces of "Puyu" in the area of Jingshan Fuhe River after arduous searching. This is due to the perseverance of "Xiangpu" capable people.

Some of them spent their childhood playing in the river beach, piling sand, and picking up rocks, and they spent a little longer dealing with sand and gravel for a long time. They often hear elders or teachers tell the priceless allusions of "Bian He Xianpu", "Returning to Zhao" and "He's Bi", and they are familiar with folklore.

More than 2,000 years ago, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the "Xiangyu" who grew up on the bank of the Fu River, Bian He, one day seemed to see a pedestal on the west bank of the Fu River, there was a phoenix dancing, and this phoenix fell on the pedestal on the top of the mountain, which is the famous Fengshan Mountain in Nanyi County today.

The phoenix songr, the phoenix flying and inhabiting the place.

As the saying goes, "the phoenix does not fall into the land of treasures". So they started digging in the sand and gravel under the pedestal, and sure enough, they dug up a stone that was shaped and sized like a stone pillow. After Nong Tianyi took a closer look, he decided that this was a rare piece of "Pu" with a skin shell on the outside and a treasure jade inside, so there was a story of "He's Bi" that has been passed down through the ages.

After a lot of hardships, in the middle of a rainy night, they accidentally found in the pile of rocks that a small piece of "strange stone" that had been knocked off a small piece of skin shell revealed a clear and warm white jade. Since then, they have summed up the know-how of "looking, smelling, sliding, and cutting" according to their perceptual understanding of picking up stones for many years, and their "Xiangpu" skills have been proficient enough to be blindfolded and can also pick out the "Puyu" mixed in the stones.

Nong Tianyi also visited his father's old friend Wang Xiucai to seek advice from jade craftsmen, and according to the geographical characteristics of the place where "Puyu" was found, he found the secondary area and location of "Puyu" in the Jingshan Fu River Basin. Nong Tianyi personally took some of them to Hankou and carved the jade works after being appraised by jade carvers. For example, the strange stone "jade cabbage" in Nanyi County is one of the gems. As Du Guangting of the fifth dynasty of the late Tang Dynasty described: "(He's Bi) the color of the side view is blue, and the color of the front view is white" is very similar.

Nong Tianyi did a very significant thing. In the local area, "Heshi Bi and Jing Xiangyu", "Bian Heyu" and "Bian Hecha" have become popular topics after tea and dinner.